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Virendra Sharma

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Tuesday 19th March 2019

(5 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. We are running very late. One sentence questions.

Virendra Sharma Portrait Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall) (Lab)
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At the last general election, Labour promised to introduce a “Post Bank” to combat financial exclusion and ensure that everyone has access to banking services in their community. Does the Secretary of State agree that introducing a Post Bank to provide banking services in post offices would do wonders for the high street, as well as reducing financial exclusion?

Kelly Tolhurst Portrait Kelly Tolhurst
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The hon. Gentleman gives me an opportunity to talk about the fact that we already offer banking services in our post offices. As I outlined earlier, we are doing the most we can to make sure that post offices and sub-postmasters are remunerated for the work they do.

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